Open-source software

Open Source software is software that anyone can modify and freely share because its source code is publicly available under an Open Source license. The Open Source license is owned by the Open Source Initiative and is granted to anyone willing to conform to the Open Source Initiative's terms of free distribution. Under an open source licence the copyright holder allows people to freely view, modify, use, and share their software to anyone for any purpose. Open source software developmentsoftware development is often done through the open collaboration of many software programmers in a public manner through online platforms such a Github or SourceForge.

Open Source software is software that anyone can modify and freely share because its source code is publicly available under an Open Source license. The Open Source license is owned by the Open Source Initiative and is granted to anyone willing to conform to the Open Source Initiative's terms of free distribution. Under an open source licence the copyright holder allows people to freely view, modify, use, and share their software to anyone for any purpose. Open source software development is often done through the open collaboration of many software programmers in a public manner through online platforms such a Github or SourceForge.

Open-source software (OSS) is a type of computer software with its source code made available with a license in which the copyright holder provides the rights to study, change, and distribute the software to anyone and for any purpose. Open-source software may be developed in a collaborative public manner. According to scientists who studied it, open-source software is a prominent example of open collaboration. The term is often written without a hyphen as "open source software".

Open-source software (OSS) is a type of computer software with its source code made available with a license in which the copyright holder provides the rights to study, change, and distribute the software to anyone and for any purpose. Open-source software may be developed in a collaborative public manner. According to scientists who studied it, open-source software is a prominent example of open collaboration. The term is often written without a hyphen as "open source software".